Sustainable Culture

Today our guest is a nutritionist trained in integrative and functional nutrition, she’s also an instructor of health and nutrition at Great Northern University, the brilliant Karmen Gregg. Karmen’s been in the field for over seven years, has a ton of education, including the PhD she’s currently working on.

It’s amazing how we forget just how nurturing the act of preparing and eating food for yourself is. How self-caring that truly is. Food is truly connected to so much more than we realize in our busy, plugged-in lives. When we have the right help understanding how to repair our relationship with what we eat, we can change everything about our health, how we see ourselves, and every aspect of life.

How do we build community? Getting the community involved sure helps with that! Our guest today is Jeni Hegsted, Founder & Executive Director of Emerge, a local art collective. Emerge is a fascinating and encouraging case study for growing a solo vision into a collective one, enthusiastically continuing to thrive as their vision evolves.

Check Emerge out here: emergecda.com

Bri returns once again to the podcast to help me take an objective look at a true phenomenon of our time. This episode wades through a few key critiques of environmentalism from Ayn Rand, random internet opinions, and a high school debate teacher. We share notes, comments, guidance & rants on this café esque discussion.

Light trigger warning for those sensitive to topics surrounding religion & Christianity.

The intelligent and ever-resourceful Brian Seguin returns to conclude our discussion on who and what is included in a community. How do you feel belonging in your community? Do you feel at home where you are? Who or what makes you feel at home; and how do those distinctions affect your perspective on who or what a community is composed of?

Satish Kumar says, "We have to shift our attitude of ownership of nature to relationship with nature. The moment you change from ownership to relationship, you create a sense of the sacred." The same connections apply with our local coexisting human beings.

Going Zero Waste article - "Which is Better for the Environment: Glass or Plastic?"

Book 1 - Send a Runner: A Navajo Honors the Long Walk

Book 2 - Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future

Documentary 1 - Tar Creek by Bullfrog Films

Documentary 2 - Source to Sea: The Columbia River Swim

Check out the incredible art installations by Nicholas Galanin.

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Love yourselves, friends!

Every now and then in life we come across individuals with the grace and intention to sit with us and hear us speak about what's actually happening. Why are we so passionate about what we believe? How did our identities become what they are? How would sustainability mindsets and environmentalism movements change if I learned how to integrate my pain, my trauma and even my grief into the rest of my life, even my passions and relationships? How would my own self-acceptance affect my community?

Join in and buckle up tight for a discussion on why honoring your experiences has a deep and direct effect on the health of individuals and the collective community. The intelligently entertaining and delightfully unconventional Mari Gilge is a welcome guide as we venture into the abyss, the deep cavern of the Self.

Trigger Warning: Brief mention of suicide.

Find & connect with Mari and her work. Web: integratetothrive.com, Instagram: @integratetothrive

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What community is more integrated than the bee community? We marvel at the idea.

Abby Henning is an artist & flower child, less bee-keeper and more bee-communer. Her bond with bees is quite personal, and was kind enough to delight me with her story.

Visit our brand-new website (and Etsy shop): sustainableculturepodcast.com

Take a look at Abby’s shop, Humble Bee Apothecary: @humble.bee.apothecary

Check out Koda at his fantastic artwork: @dakotah_andrews

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LOVE YOURSELF!

What would it look like if Idaho's salmon population nearly collapsed?

Well...it kind of did. And thankfully there are people doing some pretty cool stuff about that.

Mitch Cutter is a Salmon and Steelhead Advocacy Fellow at Idaho Conservation League. He graces us with his deep knowledge on the salmon situation in Idaho, what Idaho Conservation League is doing about it, and where he sees us going from here.

Find Mitch and the work ICL are doing, and find out how to get involved at idahoconservation.org.

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And most importantly, LOVE YOURSELF.

We could always simply read the dictionary in situations like this, but how can we explain the emotional response that the word "community" conveys? Friend and guest Brian Seguin joins us on the show to help me unpack another loaded word.

After a long absence, I approach a few foundational ideals within the philosophy of interdependence as it relates to individual responsibility. What would it look like if a society of people practiced interdependence on a micro scale? How could a restructuring of one's life support a sustainable community?

Coffee is the second most popular drink in the world, just under water. Hundreds of billions of people drink this lovely and delicious beverage worldwide and the industry is only growing. Coffee pro and fellow sustainability enthusiast Ty Paluska joins us to discuss the coffee industry at large and how we might approach positive changes on a local and global scale.